Festival Week

By - 12/3/2010

The opening of the Eastman East Wing will mark the completion of the Eastman School of Music's expansion and theater renovation project.

The 61,800-square-foot addition will be an integral part of the Rochester community, Eastman officials said. It is scheduled to open to the public during the school's New Eastman Evolution Festival Week, Dec. 6 to 12. The community celebration will include concerts, lectures and tours, many of them free.

Admission to events marked with asterisks is free. For more information, call the school's concert office at 274-1110 or visit www.esm.rochester.edu/evolution.

Master Classes Live From Norway*: Opera and horn students and faculty from the Eastman School join counterparts from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo for performance, teaching and an audience Q&A. Noon to 1:30 p.m., Hatch Recital Hall

"The History and Future of Eastman School of Music"*: Lecture by Robert Freeman, former director of the Eastman School, 1972 to 1996. 3:30 p.m., Hatch Recital Hall